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empassar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • swallow verb To move food or drink from the mouth down into the stomach.

Senses

empassar is used for these senses in English:

  • swallow (transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]

swallow — full definition

  1. verb To move food or drink from the mouth down into the stomach.
  2. verb To accept or believe something readily, often too readily.
  3. verb To put up with something unpleasant without complaining or retaliating.
  4. noun A small, fast-flying migratory bird with a forked tail that catches insects in flight.

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